Theories and Concepts
Sense of Community
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A concept in community, social and organizational psychology describing the felt experience of belonging to, and mutual concern with, a group or place.
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Core ClaimA community member's well-being depends partly on a perceived similarity to others, an acknowledged interdependence with them, and a felt membership in a larger, stable, dependable structure. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Sense of Community
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Sense of community (or psychological sense of community) is a concept in community psychology, social psychology, and community social work
1. Wikipedia: Sense of Community
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the perception of similarity to others, an acknowledged interdependence with others, a willingness to maintain this interdependence by giving to or doing for them what one expects from them, and the feeling that one is part of a larger dependable and stable structure
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In his seminal 1974 book, psychologist Seymour B. Sarason proposed
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